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For better or worse, the developer and publisher of Voyeur have raised the
question of what constitutes appropriate content in family entertainment with the
release of this title. Originally released for CD-I in 1994, the game has generated
much controversy with its adult subject matters which no doubt has boosted its sales.
Not surprisingly, Interplay Productions attempts to cash in on its popularity by
porting it to the PC market. You are a private investigator hired by a member of
the wealthy Hawke family in order to gain enough evidence to bring down the corrupt
Reed Hawke who is the CEO of Hawke Industries and has gathered the Hawke family together
for the weekend to prepare for his announcement that he will be running for President
of the United States. You control various hidden cameras located through the Hawke
family home in an effort to gather enough evidence to destroy Reed Hawke's career.
The format of the game was similar to that of the Digital Pictures full motion video
games such as Night Trap and Double Switch, with two important differences. The first
major difference was that Voyeur's full motion video included female nudity and
simulated sex scenes giving the game a warning label on its box about its mature
subject matter. This is in contrast to full motion video games such as Night Trap where
everything was kept within the equivalence of a PG-13 rating. The second major
difference was that the playable character's client was different every game and thus
the storyline would change slighty. While Night Trap and Double Switch did have
multiple endings, most of them if you failed, the storyline did not change. |